Pinnacle Entertainment Announces Name of Its Lake Charles Resort Casino

LAS VEGAS -- Pinnacle Entertainment has decided on the name L'Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino for its Lake Charles project. French for "The Inn on the Lake," the name was chosen to reflect Louisiana's unique heritage and the property's beautiful setting.

L'Auberge will provide a unique addition to the Louisiana gaming market. Inspired by the architecture of both Southwest Louisiana and the Texas Hill country, the resort will feature a large, single-level casino, over 700 guestrooms and suites, several high quality restaurants, extensive meeting and entertainment space, a lavish pool area, a luxurious spa, and a championship golf course designed by world-renowned golf architect Tom Fazio.

"L'Auberge will be Southwest Louisiana's first and only gaming resort where you'll experience unparalleled services and amenities in an exciting Las Vegas-like atmosphere," said Alain Uboldi, general manager of the property and Pinnacle's regional vice-president. "It will be very different from what visitors to Southwest Louisiana have experienced in the past."

Scheduled to open in Spring 2005, L'Auberge is being built on 227 acres of land off the I-210 loop in Lake Charles, Louisiana. A live webcam of the work in progress can be accessed at the Company's corporate website at www.pnkinc.com.

 

European Union's First Licensed
Online Gaming System
As reported by The Online Casino News

Malta's WorldMatch has become the first online gaming system licensed and regulated fully by an EU member country. This is the first casino operation of its kind in the newly created Maltese gaming jurisdiction since the island's recent legislative reforms.

Although online operators currently exist Europe in places such as Alderney and the Isle of Mann, these are self-governing British Crown dependencies, and not members of the European Union.

"WorldMatch is a pilot project," said Alessandro Fried, President of WorldMatch. "It's been conceived by experts and it's supported by Italian stakeholders, who decided to support a creative idea in the online gaming sector, but with a strict monitoring".

The new Maltese regulation is defined by strict adherence to responsible gambling practise and the Worldmatch system is unique in that it stops every hour so that checks can be carries out on the age of players.

"WorldMatch firmly believes that creating and managing a casino means shouldering moral responsibilities," said Mr. Fried. "The choice fell on Malta, from the 1st May member country of the EU; it's a country offering guarantees of reliability and political stability with a very strict regulation, making checks on players compulsory, restrictions on games and anti-money laundering control".

Over the next two years, WorldMatch expects a turnover of 200 million EUR.